Cops: Man arrested for threatening Colorado Representative Rhonda Fields

[madamesilverspurs]

Denver Police arrested Franklin "Frank" Sain, 42, for threatening Colorado Representative Rhonda Fields, an Aurora Democrat.

According to police, he left emails and voice mails for Fields' office which were threatening in nature. Fields has sponsored two pieces of gun-control legislation and is a vocal advocate for restrictions on firearms.

John Morse, President of the Colorado Senate, says the threats were directed to Fields' daughter. He noted this was particularly concerning and "way beyond disrespectful." Fields' son was shot and killed in 2005.
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http://www.9news.com/news/article/319427/339/Cops-Man-arrested-for-threatening-CO-Rep

Representative Fields sponsored a couple of the gun regulation bills in the Colorado house.

[CurtEastPoint]

1. Looks like Mr. Sain

is anything but that. More like INSain. Asshat.

[malaise]

8. InSain

Fugg him

[otohara]

9. In The Emails He Says He's "No Whack Job"

ummmm. yes you are and how ironic the company he works for does a lot of government business.

http://www.democraticunderground.com/10022429752

[backscatter712]

2. The irony is that now that he's busted for making death threats against a legislator...

He's gonna get a felony rap that will guarantee that the guvmit's gonna take his guns away!

[kelliekat44]

3. We can only hope so. To threaten the child of a legislator is repugnant.

All the worse to him!

[backscatter712]

5. Threatening Rhonda Fields' child.

Rep. Fields already lost a son to gun violence.

This guy ought to be publicly horsewhipped.

[Auntie Bush]

4. I sure hope so!!!!!

Once all those militia types start making threats and their guns are taken away...they will learn a little restraint...at least one would hope!

[joeybee12]

6. Well, I'm sure there's a misunderstanding...ALL gun owners are responsible

citiznens...every one of them.

[Paladin]

7. I Knew This Involved Gun Control Without Even Opening It. (nt)

[nadinbrzezinski]

10. ^^^^____^^^^ this

[backscatter712]

11. If you want to be really disgusted, take a look in the Denver Post's comment section for this story.

http://www.denverpost.com/breakingnews/ci_22664904/denver-man-booked-suspicion-harassing-colorado-rep-rhonda

It just goes to show - because of the astroturfing by the Koch brothers' fifty-cent brigade, newspaper comment sections are a total cesspit.

This story has over two hundred posts, many of them by teabaggers who are actually defending this asshole. Concerned over his "First Amendment rights". I'm sorry, I thought centuries of jurisprudence have established that death threats are not protected by the First Amendment.